Movie Night

Kelly Thackeray, Judy Camarena

2024-04-25

Number of Movies Released Over the Last 30 Years per Year

Year Released Movies
2014 12
2009 10
2010 10
2012 8
2001 7
2019 7
2008 6
2015 6
2016 6
2017 6
2018 6
2002 5
2003 5
2006 5
2013 5
1994 4
1999 4
2004 4
1995 3
2005 3
2007 3
1997 2
2000 2
2011 2
1998 1

Sales per Release Year

Domestic Sales

International Sales

Sales per Budget

Domestic Sales and Budget

International Sales and Budget

Domestic vs. International Sales

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It is indicated that 2009, 2010, and 2014 released the most movies per year.

Now that we know what years released the most movies, we wanted to plot domestic and international sales yearly. We were expecting the data to show us the same trends.

The data told a different story.

We investigated further by only looking into domestic sales.

Interestingly, 2009 was the highest-grossing year in domestic sales, followed by 2013, even though we had the most movie releases in 2012.

When we took a look at international sales…

International Sales

The data showed 2014 and 2009 as the most lucrative year in sales.

Noting the difference in movie release years versus the highest-grossing years prompted us to look into sales per budget.

We decided to look more closely into domestic sales and budgets to identify trends.

Domestic sales and budget

Our findings suggest that a specific budget range could be identified as a strategic goal for the industry. While there were some outliers, the data indicated that there is no need to exceed the budget to achieve higher sales.

When we plotted the same data for international sales and budgets similar conclusions were reached.

International Sales and Budget

Next, we wanted to compare domestic sales to international sales.

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Movie Name Domestic Sales International sales
Avatar 785221649 2138484377
Avengers: Endgame 858373000 1941066100
Titanic 674292608 1590450697
Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens 936662225 1134647993
The Lion King 543638043 1119437358
The Avengers 623357910 897180626
Captain America: Civil War 408084349 746962067
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 379427292 768206541
Skyfall 304360277 838111018
The Dark Knight Rises 448149584 633020241
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Correlation Opening Weekend and Total Sales

Distribution

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Movies depend on their distribution. So, we wanted to identify our largest distributor.

Distribution

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We concluded that Walt Disney Studios was our largest worldwide distributor.

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We wanted to know which year each distributor had reported the highest sales. To narrow our search, we limited the dataset to only list the top 10 sales.

Top 10 Sales per Year per Distributor

Distributor Year Released Total Sales
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures 2019 2799439100
Warner Bros. 2019 1074458282
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures 2019 1073841394
Universal Pictures 2019 384579472
Lionsgate 2019 312897920
Twentieth Century Fox 2019 225508210
Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) 2019 218843645
Twentieth Century Fox 2018 910809311
Paramount Pictures 2018 791657398
Twentieth Century Fox 2018 785896609

Walt Disney and other distributors showed their most profitable year in 2019.

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As we tried to identify what could make a movie more profitable, we decided to look at the top directors per distributor. We wanted to know how many movies each director produced and who they used as their distributor.

Top Directors per Distributor

It was unsurprising to find Anthony Russo, who used Walt Disney Studios as his distributor, directing most of the films. James Cameron came in second, using Twenty Century Fox and Paramount Pictures to distribute his films.

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Top Directors per Distributor

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Lowest Sales of Distributors

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Lowest Sales of Distributors

Summary

In our analysis, we found that the number of movies released in the year will not directly indicate a high grossing year in movie sales both internationally or domestically. We also concluded that staying within the budget is the most financially beneficial practice since being over budget did not correlate to higher grossing sales. The number of films a director produces is as significant as who they use to distribute the film. Walt Disney Studios has the farthest reach; therefore, it is an excellent option for distribution.

It is important to consider that the data did not measure or account for numerous factors beyond anyone’s control, like weather, social, or economic factors that have impacted movie sales.

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